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Preparative   Listen
noun
Preparative  n.  
1.
That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares. "A preparative unto sermons."
2.
That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage."





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"Preparative" Quotes from Famous Books



... ribbon had been placed over Sir Thomas Graves's shoulder, the signal being made preparative, the whole fleet fired a salute of twenty-one guns; when the ceremony was finished, the standard was hauled down. The troops and marines, on hoisting it, had presented their arms, and the drums beat a march. The troops kept their arms presented during the ceremony; and, on the standard's ...
— The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. II (of 2) • James Harrison


Words linked to "Preparative" :   preparatory, propaedeutic, preceding, prepare


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